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Ed Whitfield: “There are detriments to these actions because, as you know, when an area is in noncompliance, they can't build a new…”

On the recordJune 11, 2015
There are detriments to these actions because, as you know, when an area is in noncompliance, they can't build a new plant unless they can get a permit.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield highlights the negative consequences of strict EPA regulations on job creation.

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